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On Wednesday 29 September 2004 9:39 am, Paul de Vrieze wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 29 September 2004 03:57, Luke-Jr wrote: |
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> > On Tuesday 28 September 2004 7:23 pm, Mark Dierolf wrote: |
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> > > This whole conversation has gotten out of hand. Step back and realize |
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> > > that a massive portion of gentoo's userbase wants/needs dhcp. It's a |
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> > > big thing. |
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> > |
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> > A massive portion might *need* PPPoE. DHCP is *almost never* required |
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> > to get on a network. In almost every DHCP-based network, users can set |
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> > a static IP and get connectivity without any problem. This includes |
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> > every Cable ISP I have encountered. |
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> |
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> Only if you know which IP address you're supposed to have and which |
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> nameservers it could be possible (if not blocked which is very easy and |
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> smart from the ISP side). |
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> |
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> Paul |
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I don't use my ISP's nameservers anyway, since they are ICANN-only. Often, |
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I've found I can set my IP to anything valid in the local area's range, not |
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just the one I'm "supposed to have" and it works. |
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Luke-Jr |
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